Indications from Johannes that he wanted this. Needs some data and/or justification why thrash protection needs it plus docs describing how MPOL_LOCAL is now different before it should be considered finished. I do not necessarily agree this patch is necessary but it's worth punting it out there for discussion and testing. Not signed off --- mm/page_alloc.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index bf49918..bce40c0 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1885,7 +1885,8 @@ unsigned __bitwise__ zone_distribute_mode __read_mostly; #define DISTRIBUTE_STUPID_ANON (DISTRIBUTE_LOCAL_ANON|DISTRIBUTE_REMOTE_ANON) #define DISTRIBUTE_STUPID_FILE (DISTRIBUTE_LOCAL_FILE|DISTRIBUTE_REMOTE_FILE) #define DISTRIBUTE_STUPID_SLAB (DISTRIBUTE_LOCAL_SLAB|DISTRIBUTE_REMOTE_SLAB) -#define DISTRIBUTE_DEFAULT (DISTRIBUTE_LOCAL_ANON|DISTRIBUTE_LOCAL_FILE|DISTRIBUTE_LOCAL_SLAB) +#define DISTRIBUTE_DEFAULT (DISTRIBUTE_LOCAL_ANON|DISTRIBUTE_LOCAL_FILE|DISTRIBUTE_LOCAL_SLAB| \ + DISTRIBUTE_REMOTE_FILE) /* Only these GFP flags are affected by the fair zone allocation policy */ #define DISTRIBUTE_GFP_MASK ((GFP_MOVABLE_MASK|__GFP_PAGECACHE)) -- 1.8.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>